Magnus Carlsen to face his toughest challenger in Fabiano Caruana for 2018 World Championship title - Firstpost
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Firstpost
Further, if one discounts his dismal performance at the Tata Steel Masters, he has been in great form having won the London Chess Classic, ahead of Carlsen in December 2017 and then the Candidates this year. Furthermore, Caruana's universal style of ...
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First American since Fischer to play for title of chess champion - AOL
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AOL
Fabiano Caruana, the Miami-born 25-year-old, will become the first American to play for the undisputed world chess title since the 1970s. Caruana won the right to challenge current champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, by defeating his opponents in a ...
First American since Bobby Fischer to play for title of chess champion - AOL
Fabiano Caruana, the Miami-born 25-year-old, will become the first American to play for the undisputed world chess title since the 1970s.
Levon Aronian defeated by Fabiano Caruana at Candidates Tournament - PanARMENIAN.Net
Caruana leads the tournament with 8.0 points each, while Aronian has the last spot, having collected just 4.0 points.
Yura Movsisyan joins Sweden's Djurgårdens IF on loan - PanARMENIAN.Net
[A] great opportunity to be playing in Sweden and for a great club. Can't wait to start my new journey,” Movsisyan said.
Karjakin forbløffer ekspertene: – Dette er spektakulært! - Aftenposten
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Aftenposten
Karjakin forbløffer ekspertene: – Dette er spektakulært! Etter en uventet snuoperasjon leder Sergej Karjakin nå an i kampen om å få møte Magnus Carlsen i VM-kamp. FOTO: Lennart Ootes, Grand Chess Tour Sergej Karjakin imponerer nå i kandidatturneringen ...
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A birthday chat with Ken Rogoff - Chessbase News
Harvard professor Ken Rogoff is also a grandmaster who has appeared in the pages of ChessBase on numerous occasions, despite not being an active player ...
Caruana Leads, Aronian Suffers In Candidates' Round 11 - Chess.com
Levon Aronian today lost his fifth game at the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin. The Armenian GM was beaten by Sergey Karjakin, who is now a ...
Clear trend - Chessbase News
Playing 13.Nh2! in the diagram position, White signals his ambitions on the kingside - however, until he finally strikes (on h6!) there a some subtleties left to find.
Chess Magazine: Test your tactics - Chessbase News
Test your tactical ability with these positions grouped in rough order of difficulty. The games come from various recent events: Gibraltar, Moscow, Riyadh, etc.
Caruana, Mamedyarov pace Candidates - Philippine Star
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Anand-Adams, 2017 London Chess Classic. Or 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 and White stands better. Anand-Grischuk, World Rapid 2017. 5.... dxc6. 6. O-O Qe7. 7. h3 Rg8!? A novelty. With the idea of ...
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Colombian football player Jordy Monroy invited to Armenia squad - PanARMENIAN.Net
Chief coach Artur Petrosyan has published the current squad of the Armenian national football team which includes the name a Colombian player.
Calendar – English Chess Federation - English Chess Federation
Argentine forward Norberto Briasco invited to join Armenia football team - PanARMENIAN.Net
Norberto Briasco has already been invited to play in the Armenian team's upcoming friendly matches in March.
Tactics and technique - Chessbase News
"Chess is 99% tactics" is an often quoted statement that emphasises how important it is to keep an open mind for tactics. Even when only a few pieces are left on ...
The importance of knowing endgames - Chessbase News
Can you play rook and pawn vs rook? It is one of the most common endgames, and your ability to win it, when it is winnable, or draw it when that is possible, will ...
Aus Manila an die Weltspitze - Berliner Morgenpost
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2006 wurde er das jüngste Mitglied der Nationalmannschaft der Männer und durchbrach 2008 als jüngster Spieler der Schachgeschichte die Elo-Marke von 2600 Punkten. Sein bislang erfolgreichstes Jahr erspielte er sich im Jahr 2016: Er erreichte den ...
Levon Aronyan in Grand Chess Tour, Carlsen declines - Panorama.am
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Panorama.am
Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, the acting and the 14th world champions, will not be playing the 2018 Grand Chess. As Championat.com reports on Friday, the Grand Chess Tour organizers announced the main participants of this season, and the tournaments they will play. According to the source, among the confirmed participants of the torunaments are Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Alexandr Grishuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan ...
Levon Aronyan in Grand Chess Tour, Carlsen declines - Panorama.am
Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, the acting and the 14th world champions, will not be playing the 2018 Grand Chess. As Championat.com reports on ...
Final 2018 GCT participants - Chessbase News
3/10/2018 – The players for the next Grand Chess Tour circuit have been announced, settling the question of whether or not Magnus Carlsen would return to ...